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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    What did the remote and actuators cost you if you dont mind me asking. Msg me if you dont want it open to all on cost. I was thinking of going with 1 8 position for the crane, and a 4 pos for the rear and front winches.
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    Like you said, it’s just a recommendation. How many of us have used something or done something that mentions a 2 person minimum. 99.9% of all maintenance on our acft says “have helper” when performing said task. I was thinking of using a winch with a synthetic line for those elastic...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    Well, got both wreckers home today. The wrecker company I bought the, from delivered the non operational 1 with a rollback semi trailer and used a wheel lift truck to back close enough to where I needed it and dropped it. The wife and I played with the drag winch and yarded the parts truck into...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    since I'm not finding any hemtt trailers close (150-250 mi radius) to me, i guess a 30,000 lb pintle equipment trailer is what i'll be going with then. i was wanting something that was the same height as the truck, but I'm not driving a wrecker to idaho just for a trailer. thank you for your input.
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    i never messed with the hemtt trailers. when i drove anything bigger than a m35a2, it was the ammo tck which was a PLS. other than that, i was on the gun line sending 155 rounds down range. i didn't know they had a locking pin. thanks for the info. most of my backing would be in dirt, unless i...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    @gstirling i was thinking of getting a hemtt trailer. its got a 20,000 lb capacity which will do everything i need it to do. only downside is, the dolley axle is a pivot point and the pintle is another pivot point. iv tried backing a fuel tck with a dolley axle trailer, and i SUCK at it. if...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    boy that would make some nice slabs for tables. iv got a black wn that is 46" at the butt/stump cut, tapering down to 38" over 8.5'. my mill I'm building, once operational, will be able to handle around an 80" log and a 72" cant. as for the ro possibly holding up as well as wo, I'm thinking of...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    gstirling, yes, them 60" diameter WO logs weigh in excess of 4000 lbs. is that a norwood mill you have there? what do you do with WO that big? iv got some RO that i ned to fell that are close 50" DBH that intends to use as trailer decking for my GN and BP. my bp wood wasn't treated, so it...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    iv got 2 pecan logs, that when i got home, i hauled them across the CAT scales, then reweighed after dumping them off. the load was 12,600 lbs. that is a 42" bar on the stihl. that 8hr job would have taken maybe 2 hrs if i would have had a wrecker. worst, or best part, once i get my wreckers i...
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